Tobacco-pipe stem



NITED STATES: ATENT FFICE.

THOMAS sMITH AND HENRY J. BROWN, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOBACCO-PI PE STEM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,505, dated February21, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS SMITH and HENRY J. BROWN, of Detroit, in thecounty of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedTobacco-Pipe Stem; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of this invention,showing its operation. Fig. 2 is a similar representation to Fig. 1,with the different parts disconnected, showing their mode ofconstruction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a tobacco-pipe stem provided with awater-chamber in two sections, in combination with two small oppositetubes extending partially through each aforesaid section,with anadjustable cap over the tubein the lower section, so that the smokecoming out of the top of the tube is conducted down into the water andcleansed of all particles of dust and ashes, and is relieved of a largeper centum of its nicotine, and the aforesaid tubes are so arranged inthe centers of the aforesaid sections that the water cannot escapethrough them from the aforesaid chamber. 1

B B is a tobacco-pipe stem containing the water-chamber c c, with thetwo opposite tubes D E, and a cap, F, fitting over the tube E in thelower part of the chamber, so that the smoke coming up from the bowl,through the passage H and through the tube E and out at the aperture 5/,is conveyed into the water in the direction :10 a2, and then up throughthe water, as indicated by the red line, into the upper part of thechamber, whence it is conducted through the tube E, through the pasmadedelicious and heathful from being relieved of its excess of nicotine.The water is prevented from spilling out by the tubes D and E beingplaced in the opposite centers of the chamber, so that when the stem isturned in various positions the water passes or remains on either sideof the tubes aforesaid without entering them.

Thestem may be constructed of wood, horn,

or other material, and in two sections, to be joined together byscrew-thread or other desirable manner, so that one-half of thewaterchamber is in each section.

The tubes D and E may be constructed of tin or other available andsuitable material. The cap F can also be made of tin or other suitablematerial.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combinationof the stem B B, chamber 0 0,. and tubes D E, and the cap F, allconstructed and'operating substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

THOMAS SMITH. HENRY J. BROWN. Witnesses:

W. O. JAPP, G120. SMITH.

